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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of December 9, 2024

Russia - Ukraine war updates as of December 9, 2024

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of December 9, 2024.

1,020 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,937 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. December 9, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 120th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

The situation at the front remains difficult. The enemy, using its superiority in manpower and equipment, is relentlessly attacking our positions. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

In total, 191 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile strike using two missiles on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 14 air strikes, dropping 25 KAB. In addition, it carried out more than three thousand attacks, including 92 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 1,599 kamikaze drones to strike.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreyevka and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region.

Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck one area of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two ground control stations for unmanned aerial vehicles.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our defenders five times in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Lypki and Vysoka Yaruga.

In the Kupyansk direction, eight attacks by the invaders took place over the course of the day. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Pishchane, Kolisnykivka, Lozova and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 28 times. He tried to wedge his way into our defenses near Bohuslavka, Druzhelyubyvka, Kopanka, Zeleny Gay, Zarechny, Terni, Yampolivka, Hrekivka, Nadiya and Makiivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders attacked three times in the areas of the settlements of Stupochka, Chasiv Yar and Bila Hora.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks near the settlements of Toretsk, Diliyivka, Leonidivka and Shcherbynivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 53 assault actions of the aggressor towards the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Novotoretske, Promyn, Lysivka, Dachenske, Zelene, Novyi Trud, Zhovte, Novotroitske and Chumatske.

In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled 40 Russian attacks. The occupiers most actively tried to advance in the areas of Sontsivka, Stary Terni, Maksymilyanivka, Dachny, Kurakhovo, Katerynivka, Yelizavetivka, Hanivka, Antonivka and Uspenivka.

In the Vremiv direction, the enemy carried out 19 assaults on our positions in the areas of Novosilka, Novodarivka, Sukhye Yaly and Blagodatne.

In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation forces, with the support of aviation, once stormed the positions of the Defense Forces in the area of the settlement of Nesteryanka.

The Defense Forces are making efforts to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory, successfully repelling seven enemy offensive actions in the Prydniprovsk direction.

In the Hulyaipil and Siver directions over the past day, the enemy did not conduct active actions.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,220 soldiers: 540 irretrievable and 680 medical. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 18 armored combat vehicles, 3 artillery systems, 22 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 2 cruise missiles, 24 cars, and 1 unit of special equipment of the occupiers.

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